A6 BIOTA. 
VII. BIOTA Don. 
Thuie secet. Biota Don in Lambert Pin. Ed. 2. II. 129. Platy- 
cladus Spach Hist. nat. veget. phaner. XI. 333. excl. sp. "Thuic 
sp. Linn. 
Flores in diversis ramis monoici. Staminig. Amenta in 
ramulis lateralibus terminalia, ovoidea. Stamina in axi 
decussatim opposita, quadrifariam imbricata, connectivo 
excentrice peltato, orbiculari, mutico, loculis 3— 4, 
horizontalibus, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. — Seminif. 
Amenta in ramulis lateralibus solitarie terminalia. Squa- 
me gemmuliferze 6 —8, decussatim opposite, lata basi 
sessiles, sub apice mucronate, primum patentes, deinde 
imbricato-adpressze, exteriores basi bigemmulifere, in- 
time steriles. Gemmulge ad basim squamarum geminz, 
collaterales, erect, atropie, micropyle breviter protracta 
lagenzeformes.  Strobilus e squamis quadrifariam imbri- 
catis, sublignosis, oblongis, subconvolutis v. planiuscu- 
lis, obtusis v. acutis, dorso mucronatis, primum arcte 
conniventibus, demum patulis, intimis basi unguiculato- 
angustatis, sterilibus. Semina. ad basim squamarum 2, 
collateralia aut interdum abortu solitaria, ovoideo sub- 
globosa, aptera, integumento osseo. Embryo in axi al- 
buminis carnosi antitropus, ejusdem longitudine, cotyle- 
donibus duabus, radicula cylindrica, supera. 
Arbores sempervirentes, ramosissime , in China et Japonia 
indigeng , ramulis distichis, compressis, articulatis. — Folia 
decussatim opposita, quadrifariam imbricata, adnata, per- 
sistentia , marginalia naviculari complicata , connata, facia- 
lia plana, dorso glandula resinifera. .Maturatio biennis. 
